License=======CMake is distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-clause License.See `Copyright.txt`_ for details... _`Copyright.txt`: Copyright.txtBuilding CMake==============Supported Platforms-------------------MS Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, BeOS, QNXOther UNIX-like operating systems may work too out of the box, if notit should not be a major problem to port CMake to this platform.Subscribe and post to the `CMake Users List`_ to ask if others havehad experience with the platform.

You can use the ``--help`` option to see the supported options.You may use the ``--prefix=<install_prefix>`` option to specify a custominstallation directory for CMake. You can run the ``bootstrap`` script fromwithin the CMake source directory or any other build directory of yourchoice. Once this has finished successfully, run ``make`` and``make install``. In summary:: $ ./bootstrap && make && make installWindows^^^^^^^You need to download and install a binary release of CMake in order to buildCMake. You can get these releases from the `CMake Download Page`_ . Thenproceed with the instructions below.

Building CMake with CMake-------------------------You can build CMake as any other project with a CMake-based build system:run the installed CMake on the sources of this CMake with your preferredoptions and generators. Then build it and install it.For instructions how to do this, see documentation on `Running CMake`_.